companion; fellow traveler (person who supports a group, movement, etc. without being a member); sympathizer
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
strongest (candidate); likeliest (winner); top (suspect)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
proper; right; reasonable
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to let (a person) pass first
absence due to illness; sick leave
insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
top of the head; crown of the head
keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake
networking; making contacts
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
intimacy; affection; familiarity
falling on one's backside; pratfall; mochi used to celebrate a child's first birthday; mochi tied to a baby's back if he starts walking before his first birthday in order to cause him to fall on his backside
having food stuck around the mouth; having food all over the face
shyness; bashfulness; shame
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
troublesome; annoying; complicated
viscous; mushy; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
once in one's life; once in a lifetime
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
that's not my concern; that's none of my business; that's not on me
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems